听力文本

Tech giant Google is investing $1billion in renewable energies to make its operations totally green. The company hopes to exploit solar energy, wind farms and other forms of alternative energy to power its data centres around the world. Rick Needham, Google's Director of Energy and Sustainability, told reporters: "We've invested over a billion dollars in 15 projects that have the capacity to produce two giga-watts of power around the world." Mr Needham added it was an economic necessity for Google to invest in energy. He said: "Procuring power for ourselves and investing in…renewable power plants…all make business sense. They make sense for us as a company to do. We rely on power for our business."

Mr Needham said Google still has a long way to go before all of its operations are fuelled by renewable energy. He said about 34 per cent of Google's power requirements are sourced from renewables. Needham told reporters it wasn't always easy to meet this target in some parts of the world, saying: "Our goal is to be 100 per cent renewable powered. There are lots of challenges in getting there, not the least of which is operating in many jurisdictions that are in different parts of the world." He added: "At Google we invest in innovative renewable energy projects that have the potential to transform the energy landscape and help provide more clean power to businesses and homes around the world."

中文翻译

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重点讲解

1.renewable energy 可再生能源

“The brain is the only renewable energy that we have,” he added.

他补充说，“大脑是我们所拥有的唯一可再生能源”[_[uG08Xr;.Hv。

2.power plants 发电厂

But carbon capture must also be applied to gas power plants.

但是碳捕获技术必须应用到天然气发电厂上6vQ*g-K2Rm。

3.invest in 投资于

We should invest in ourselves and invest in others.

我们应该为自己投资为别人投资Q%#|!jdK^05s.Nozu9。

4.clean power 清洁能源

Will the need for energy breed competition and climate change, or will we build partnerships to produce clean power and to protect our planet?

是让对能源的需求导致竞争和气候变化，抑或通过建立伙伴关系生产清洁能源来保护我们的地球？

听力题目

1.What kind of farms does Google want to exploit?

a) fish

b) wind

c) fat

d) dairy

2.What kind of centres does Google want to power?

a) middle

b) social

c) data

d) youth

3.How much power can Google's projects currently produce?

a) 2 mega-watts

b) 2 tera-watts

c) 2 quadro-watts

d) 2 giga-watts

4.What did a spokesman say was an economic necessity?

a) improving the speed of Internet searches

b) investing in energy

c) making profit

d) hiring a sustainability director

5.What does Google rely on for its business?

a) power

b) users

c) sense

d) investing

6.How much of Google's operations are powered by renewables?

a) 34%

b) 33%

c) 43%

d) 44%

7.What is Google's goal in terms of being powered by renewables?

a) 90%

b) 90-100%

c) 110%

d) 100%

8.What is one of the biggest challenges for Google?

a) staying #1

b) fossil fuels

c) operating in different countries

d) hackers

9.What do Google's projects have the power to transform?

a) computers

b) business

c) search engines

d) the energy landscape

10.To whom does Google want to provide power?

a) oil companies

b) businesses and homes

c) governments

d) Internet users

听力答案

1.b

2.c

3.d

4.b

5.a

6.a

7.d

8.c

9.d

10.b